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This video hit me hard... In this 2017 interview, Warren Buffett commented on the importance of his open schedule: "I can buy anything I want, but I can't buy time." The power of this realization is hard to capture in words... My attempt: Time is your most precious asset.... show more
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In the same interview, Bill Gates, who is famous for his annual "Think Week" ritual, where he goes off the grid to think for an entire week, provided additional color: "It's not a proxy of your seriousness that you filled every minute of your schedule." I loved that insight.

Seeing Buffett ask for Charlie's input at the shareholder meeting melted my heart.

I was right up in front, was a crazy experience.

I just finished reading “On the shortness of life” by Seneca, and now I see this. The best motivation in life is to remember that one day, we’ll die, and sooner or later, the opportunities we have right now won’t be available anymore.

Puts life into perspective: When a billionaire tells you he can't buy something and you're on the same level as him.

Time is the ultimate currency. Spend it on what matters most - the people you love, the passions that ignite your soul, the dreams that drive you forward.

Time is the only resource we can't accumulate or reclaim. Treat it as your most critical investment - what pursuits will yield the highest return in satisfaction and meaning?

He can buy time though. He can hire someone to cook his food, do the dishes, do his laundry, clean his house, mow his lawn, drive him around. He can hire a personal trainer which would add years onto his life. He can afford to free up his time a lot more than someone who isn't wealthy.

I disagree with one thing he said. We CAN buy time. We can hire people to take on the tasks that eat up our time.

Absolutely! It's crazy the way people treat money like it's scarce but act like they have all the time in the world. We have less time than we think!
